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By dennyjones · Posted
I completely agree with this, at least in my case. When I three-putt, it almost always a speed issue. -
By ToolManSam · Posted
I’m curious how the swing speeds with the sticks relate to how fast you can swing driver. Would you say your driver swing is slightly faster than the red stick? -
and @Killa, if ya'll like beat training, I would recommend doing it to a song with the BPM you require. That should help with the ingraining. That is very true. However, couldn't be true that a lot of the poor speed can come from poor striking? In a sense, bead encompasses strike, or at the very least face angle, and that could influence speed, at the very least indirectly for the better. -
Backswing: 2 Downswing: 1 Follow-Through: 1 In other words, like a pendulum, two beats regardless of the direction. Because the backswing starts from a stop, it accelerates AND decelerates, just like the full downswing. That's why it also takes about 2 beats (really closer to 1.9 or so). And, IMO, speed is by far the most important part of putting in general. When you start to talk about 5' putts, Bead can take over… though if it breaks any significant amount, Speed is a close second. You can work on your ability to control the speed of the putter away from a golf course. Hitting balls into pillows. I have students do that all the time. And, "speed" is tougher than "bead" for many people to get. Most three-putts aren't caused by poor "bead." Poor speed causes most three-putts.
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I will disagree here. I do agree speed is the most important as that should give you an automatic 2 putt most of the time. But, bead is something that is transferrable to every hole, every time. Speed and read are very context-specific. Therefore, I will argue that bead is more important than read for the simple fact that bead is more evident as a skill that can be quantified. I know with AimPoint, read is becoming more of a quantifiable skill. Nonetheless, I think the read can be fairly intuitive and many great players do this well as feel players. The same is not always true of bead--it is a skill in all sense of the word. Additionally, bead is something that can be worked on if you have a putter, a ball, a ruler, and some space to stand and practice. You have to be on a green to do read. As such, I think time is better invested in bead. Nonetheless, in reality there is likely no official pecking order here as they are all dependent on one another, even if each should be practiced independently.
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